The Scoop About Bed Bugs

By Dan Thomas

Bed bugs are very annoying insects that creep through your bed or other furniture in your room or house. If you have these tiny wingless creatures in your room, you will have itchy and red marks on some spots of your body whenever you get up in the morning.

The good thing is that studies have shown that bed bugs do not transmit any kind of disease. They will suck your blood when they bite you, and there can be some traces of their saliva in your skin from a bite, this saliva is not known to cause any harm from what we know.

Bed bugs are so tiny that they can often be mistaken for ticks. The main difference is that they will feed on humans mostly and not pets. Adult bed bugs are can get to be one fourth of an inch and can be seen with the naked eye.

To get rid of bed bugs, the owner must hire a pest control. The pest control is an expert in identifying whether the bed bugs are the ones that feed on human or those that animals know about. A softer bed that may have infestations on it can be just as dangerous as a plan to rid of bed bugs show up from out of nowhere.

Many people will refer to bed bugs as vampires. As they are most active at night, especially a couple of hours before sunrise. This is why they are so difficult to find as they are hiding out when you are up and awake.

When you are searching for bed bugs, you must remember that they are probably within 20 feet of where you sleep. They love to hide in furniture, especially love to hide in the feet of the bed and in the mattress. If a major infestation occurs, you should say good bye to your mattress and furniture.

Bed bugs can also hide in many other places such as carpeting. Anyplace that there is an angle a bed bug could be hiding out. To limit their hiding places keeping a clean room will make it easier to find and kill them.

If you find some bed bug eggs, or a spot where they are hiding out they can be killed with temperatures above 130 degrees. Items like hair dryers and irons work great as a heating resource to kill bed bugs. Another good method to get rid of them is by steam cleaning. Finding the bed bugs is the hardest thing to do, killing them is easy. - 30195

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